While the banquet hall was in chaos, Team 7 had begun an internal investigation in secret.
It was not hard to imagine that the Zhong family in the West Woods knew all their whereabouts. However, the arrangement of Jian Shui'er sitting in the black car was only known to the people in the team. Even this was clearly known by Zhong Ziqi's subordinates, so there was obviously a mole.
In less than two hours, Team 7 found a suspect — the assistant director of the concert's technical team. This assistant director had come into contact with the Zhong Family at the Cillin Sector's interstellar space inspection station. The other party had bribed many details of the team with a large sum of money.
Bai Magnolia used some unknown method to make this assistant director spit out all the gray income and was then thrown on a long-range space ship back to the capital ring. Back in S1, what awaited him was a complete loss of reputation.
As for the relevant officer in the Changfeng military base who leaked the secrets, neither Xu Le nor Team 7 could do anything about it, so Bai Magnolia could only send the information to the Department of Defense.
"The legal department will definitely come up with an opinion, but the Department of Defense's voice has never been very loud in the West Woods," Bai Magnolia said softly.
Xu Le didn't care what kind of methods the men in Group 7 used to destroy the assistant director's life, wealth, and reputation. Since the assistant director had done something wrong, he must pay the price. He just thought about the people from the Zhong family he met today and vaguely understood why the Federation government had been trying to suppress the Zhong family in the West Woods.
A big family with military power far on the front line was indeed too heavy for the Federation.
"We will depart to 5460 in three days. Although the military is in charge of the defense of the concert, everyone needs to be alert. That is the real front line. I heard that there are 70,000 Imperial expeditionary force hidden in the mountains of the northern hemisphere."
Xu Le's heart was also heavy. He put the wet towel beside him and looked at Bai Magnolia. "We can't let Miss Jian Shui'er get hurt."
Bai Magnolia did not know about Jian Shui'er's secret identity, but she sensed the seriousness in Xu Le's voice. She nodded and said softly, "The president of the Golden Star Hotel, who is also the director of the Department of Defense's office in the West Woods, Major General Qiao Da, wants to see you."
Xu Le was slightly stunned. He looked at Bai Magnolia and immediately reacted.
Madman Li had caused such a ruckus at the cocktail party, and everyone in Cillin knew of his origins. Naturally, someone like the director of the Department of National Defense's office in Cillin would need to explain to him what had happened earlier. Whether the rumor was true or not, at least the Federal military knew that Xu Le was chosen by the War God.
"I'm not used to dealing with this kind of thing. My current identity is just a bodyguard."
Xu Le shook his head and said, "Don't worry about the things in the Sunset State. We won't be staying in the West Woods for long. You and Lan Xiaolong should quickly come up with a plan for the concert's security. The original plan... I think it needs to be revised. I have a feeling that this concert is not that simple."
After Bai Magnolia left, he simply cleaned up the room and cautiously declined an invitation to have dinner with one of the generals of the four military regions. When he thought about how he had become a popular person in the eyes of so many people and how these high-ranking generals had to deliberately win him over or get close to him, he could not help but feel a little strange.
Just as he was about to continue to daze in the room and digest the shock of Jian Shui'er's identity, he heard a report in his earpiece — the national girl suddenly wanted to go swimming.
Xu Le was slightly stunned. He looked at the bright sunlight outside the window, changed into a thin black summer dress, and walked out of the room.
No matter how he felt at the moment, he had to stay by Jian Shui'er's side and protect her safety.
In that sunny afternoon in the hospital, he had once said to himself... that he owed Jian Shui'er a life, so he was willing to take Group 7 and cross the Milky Way to the West Woods to protect her personal safety.
And from this moment on, he would no longer think about how many lives he owed her. Instead, he would use all his strength to make sure that the purple-haired girl would not suffer any harm.
Because she was the uncle's only child.
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Standing in the quiet corridor and stepping on the soft carpet, he looked at the dark wooden door through the light of the hotel's elegant wall lamps. His eyes narrowed. At this time, should he knock on the door and enter, tell the young girl about the history of the Donglin Revolution, and then cry in her arms and play the show of recognizing her as his relative? Or should he pretend that he didn't know anything and wait to see what tricks the old man was playing?
The door was pushed open, and Jian Shui'er, wearing a white bathrobe and accompanied by Sister Tong, walked out. She looked at Xu Le with a sweet smile and said, "Sorry to trouble you."
The girl wore a dark wide-brimmed hat that hid all her purple hair. Large sunglasses covered two-thirds of her delicate face, revealing only the tip of her nose and red and lovely lips. Her bare feet shyly peeked out from under the bathrobe, like a delicate and lovely white flower that had just bloomed.
Xu Le was half a head taller than her, so he naturally lowered his eyes. Through the sunglasses, he saw a touch of white on the girl's bathrobe neck. He suppressed the confusion in his heart and answered softly, "I'm not afraid of trouble."
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The main administrative planet of the West Woods Region was usually called the West Woods Planet. The development of this planet was tens of thousands of years later than the capital ring. From the beginning, it used clean energy. People extracted hydrogen energy from seawater and used geothermal energy efficiently. Coupled with the huge network of wind generators on the northern plateau, it completely met the basic energy needs of the West Woods.
It did not experience heavy energy pollution in the early days, and did not pay a terrible environmental price like the crystal mine development in the Donglin Region. Therefore, the West Woods Planet had the most famous blue sea and blue sky in the entire Federation. The curved Silver Beach in the Sunset State was the most beautiful and most pleasant place among the blue sea and blue sky.
As the property of the Federation's military, the Venus Hotel undoubtedly occupied the best spot in Silver Beach. Furthermore, an isolated area was set up for the hotel's most distinguished guests.
In the past, only officers with at least the rank of major general could enjoy the white sea and white sand that even the tycoons could not monopolize. However, the National Idol's appeal in the Federation was unparalleled. This time, her comeback concert was held in front of the West Woods frontline soldiers, so naturally, the treatment was different.
Because of the previous incident, everyone in the Department of Defense in the West Woods knew who the National Idol's security director was. Naturally, they opened the door wide and vacated the beautiful bay beach, forbidding anyone from entering.
Countless waves of blue water of different shades moistened the eyes. In the distance, there were white seagulls flying up and down between a few light clouds, stirring up a few lively waves on the calm sea.
Jian Shui'er did not throw away her white bathrobe and rush to the Calm Sea with a bell-like laughter like she was in the movies. She just sat quietly on the beach chair, hugging her arms tightly as if she was afraid of the cold, and slightly narrowed her eyes with a hint of sultry beauty.
Sister Tong stood in the shadow of a palm tree in the distance, and Xu Le stood in the shadow of an umbrella. He wore sunglasses and a black summer suit, looking ahead with an expressionless face. But because of this situation, he remembered a certain conversation with Tai Zhiyuan two years ago at the beach.
"You can't pretend to be a bodyguard just by wearing sunglasses and standing there expressionlessly with your hands behind your back."
Jian Shui'er turned to look at him and couldn't help but laugh out loud. "I also wear sunglasses. I don't think I'm a bodyguard."
Xu Le's cheeks were slightly hot, not because he was being teased by the girl, but because he didn't expect Jian Shui'er's laughter to be so clear and bright. She didn't have the restraint of a superstar at all.
"What's more, the black summer suit you're wearing is Givenchy's new design. To be precise, it's something that the master left for next year. How much does it cost?"
Jian Shui'er looked at him with a smile. "Even the most powerful bodyguard in the Federation can't afford such expensive clothes. So, no matter how you hide it, your small eyes, expensive clothes, and silly smile will all betray your true identity."
Most of Xu Le's current clothes were bought by Tai Zhiyuan and Li Xiaotong, who pitied him for not knowing about the world, and sent him to his apartment. Some of them were bought by Secretary Bai, who didn't know about the material of these brands. Naturally, he didn't know that this seemingly ordinary black summer dress was expensive enough to expose his identity.
"I heard that you don't know much about so-called fashion," Xu Le said with a smile.
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"My real name is Jian Muzi."
Without any warning, Jian Shui'er took off her large sunglasses. The sea breeze caressed the girl's beautiful face, and her delicate cheeks. She looked at Xu Le and said with a smile, "I didn't want to lie to you that night. My parents are indeed long dead. I don't even know who they are."
"Muzi is Li. I was brought back to the Li family by the old man, so I'm called Jian Muzi." She smiled and added, "The old man is the old man you were talking about."
Xu Le was silent. The sunglasses reflected the clear blue sky and white sand.
Jian Shui'er narrowed her eyes. She didn't know what he was thinking. She said softly, "I hope my story won't shock you too much."
Xu Le slowly took off his sunglasses and looked at the girl in the chair with a smile. He vaguely understood why, when he rarely saw her, other than the joy of seeing his dream idol, he also felt a sense of familial closeness. It was because of the blood flowing in her body.
"I also want to tell you a story. I hope you won't be too surprised."
"What story?" Jian Shui'er asked curiously.
"A story about your father."
Jian Shui'er gradually opened her eyes. Her long eyelashes fluttered softly in the sea breeze.
"Your father was my teacher. I grew up with him in Donglin."
Xu Le's eyes gradually narrowed. His thoughts returned to a long time ago. That decaying planet, that shabby repair shop, that mine full of stray cats, those raging bulls, that uncle with a backpack full of repair tools.
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I'm sorry to inform everyone that I only have two chapters left today. Being busy during the day is one thing, and I know my own problems. The problem is that I'm not in the right state of mind. This can be forced out, and it's not difficult to write another chapter now. Posting it early in the morning will make it hit the weekly rankings, but I really can't write anymore.
I was actually quite satisfied with the quality of my previous chapters, but today's two chapters are very wrong. There's a problem with the quality, especially this chapter. I'm cursing myself as I'm editing it. The words are still okay, but the narration is really bad. It's really bad. In Guo Degang's words, it's really annoying.
I've been writing too much for the past few days. Apart from Christmas Eve, I've always been writing at three. Silly cat is unprecedentedly diligent. I'm not complaining about being tired, nor am I complaining, because I'm really not tired at all. It's not hard at all. I've already thought of the plot … It's just that I'm a little tired of writing. It's like eating too much fat every day and wanting to vomit.
I'm not pregnant, so don't worry.
Last time, I promised to write at three chapters every eight days. Now, I've only completed six. Before the end of this month, I'll definitely write at three chapters every eight days. Tonight, I'll clean up the outline and plot a little more. Then, I'll clear my head and chase away all the greasy words. I'll grab some clarity from the air and stuff it back in. Tomorrow, I'll continue to be invincible.
Ugly Girl Invincible? Tut tut. See you all tomorrow … Er, lard has no intention of writing at three chapters every night. I'm calling everyone to vote for me after midnight because the rankings will be updated on Monday. Again, I've only just realized that last week's rankings were really good. Also, I'm in a good mood to get these votes because they're free.
Brothers and sisters, please bear with me and support me. I sincerely thank you.)
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